Production Supervisor - 2nd shift

Wenthe-Davidson Manufacturing; New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wenthe-Davidson Manufacturing in Wisconsin seeks a hands-on Supervisor to lead the production team in a lean, fast-paced setting. You will direct, coordinate, and optimize safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance within your department.

Core hours are 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Weekday schedule with a focus on coaching, continuous improvement, and accountability across a team of operators and leads.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing.
• Strong verbal communication, leadership and team building skills.
• Knowledge of product lines, drawings, templates, and computer systems.
• Forklift certification preferred.
• Ability to analyze data and solve problems.
• Demonstrated leadership style of service to employees.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and related computer applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety and housekeeping adherence in the department.
• Review production quality and address issues promptly.
• Plan and coordinate on-time delivery with direct reports.
• Monitor TAKT time and maintain productivity.
• Communicate with HR/Management on issues as needed.
• Coach and develop staff and conduct annual reviews.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Team building

Verbal communication

Problem solving

Data analysis

Forklift certified

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

About Us:
At Wenthe-Davidson, we have been a leader in custom tubular metal fabrication for more than 80 years. As a 100% employee-owned company with more than 150 dedicated team members, every employee has a direct stake in our success. Our people do not just work for Wenthe-Davidson—they share in its ownership and future. Guided by our Core Values of integrity, accountability, collaboration, and innovation, we are committed to continuous improvement, state-of-the-art equipment, and long-term growth. That commitment recently led to a 27,000-square-foot expansion of our 109,000-square-foot facility.

What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate has a passion for leading others and has supervisory experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Job Summary

Within a lean manufacturing environment, plan, direct, control and coordinate the activities of employees in your department(s) to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and cost (productivity) are met.

Weekday core hours 2 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Safety

• Ensure all safety and housekeeping policies, procedures, and practices are followed through direct monitoring and interaction with the team.
• Address all issues whether within or outside of assigned department as they happen. Follow up with documentation with HR/Management as needed.

Quality

• Through daily shop floor interaction in the cells, review the quality in production to our standards and address issues immediately, getting support involved as needed.
• Drive completion of daily quality audit checklists through the actions of the lead or supervisor to make certain that criteria is met.

Delivery

• Our business relies upon rapid response to customer demand. Understand the schedule requirements and actively pursue on-time delivery with direct reports.
• Discuss concerns on upcoming demand that is more than current capacity and work with the Production Manager to gain overtime approval or direct more staffing to the area.

Cost

• Maintain the assigned work schedule, breaks, and work rules within the employee handbook and general guidelines.
• Understand the TAKT time of cells and time studied rates of non-cell activities and work to maintain productivity. If no study exists, perform a time study, or ask for help in doing so.
• Maintain the data systems with high levels of accuracy by making sure that employees are logging in and out of cells and jobs as effectively as possible. This is crucial for both cost and delivery.

Culture

• Seek to understand the needs of the employee in meeting the goals as listed above and make sure that they have everything that is needed for success in achieving goals within reason.
• Appraise performance to these goals objectively and quantitatively where possible.
• Using daily interactions with the employees, praise, reward, recognize and coach. Deliver annual reviews, informal counseling, and formal discipline where appropriate. Assist in creating a culture of pay for performance and ownership.
• Be a positive advocate for the company; when there are issues that you want to voice, please voice them to management, but then maintain a positive approach to all employees as we continue to work to be the best place of employment possible.
• Assist in Identifying and implementing training and career development plans.
• Own the timely communication of direct report time and attendance information to payroll to ensure accurate pay and attendance points.
• On an occasional basis, the supervisor may perform the duties associated with an operator.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 3 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong verbal communication, leadership and team building skills.
• Knowledge of product lines, drawings, templates, and computer systems utilized in department.
• Ability to inspect parts in department within accuracy levels established by measurement type.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional internal partners.
• Ability to use and become forklift certified.
• Ability to analyze data and solve problems.
• Ability to practice a leadership style of service to our employees.
• Ability to use Microsoft office tools and other computer applications.

Physical Demands

• The ability to bend and lift up to twenty (20) pounds and stand and/or walk on concrete for up to nine (9) hours per day.
• The ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to work in typical Wisconsin levels of heat and humidity.
• Manual Dexterity: The ability to use hands to manipulate objects (i.e., perform complete set-ups, etc.).
• Quality Assurance: The ability to perform a final check-out/inspection of products guaranteeing quality standards.